With this type of broker you can multiply yourself, make sure you have an agreement to pay them for their time and expense (don't be cheap here, they are worth their weight in gold, treat them well, pay them well)Expired Listings when you get expired listing in your investing area make an offer 25% below the expired listing price.

Multiplied by 12 = $5,193 / $34,000 lump sum = 15% annual ROI.I know there are additional benefits to the 2nd property such as tax deductions and appreciation, but besides those is there any reason why I would pursue 10% over 15%?

For downtown San Jose, it was trading at 4.4 cap or about 13.3 GRM (Gross Rent Multiplier), but some recent sales have inflated this number to about 14+ GRM. 1% rent to price ratio means you get $12k/month in rent for something you paid $1.2M.

Have your agent then run comps on 1 acre parcels and multiply that number by 5.

That means I'd get an 85% deduction on the full cost, multiplied by our highest federal and state tax brackets. 

Take your liquid assets (say 50K) and multiply that times 5 and you get your line amount of 250K. 

@Donald Longo,$30K or $50K per door: Multiply that times the number of Apartments in the Building.Most REIA meetings have a "Guru Speaker."

:D [http://www.escapetheillusion.com/blog/2009/05/energy-that-multiplies-itself/]

Whole point: there is an avalanche of free and helpful info out there and people (like the people here) willing to help if you ask.

For instance, they can assess how much it would cost to construct (replacement cost) or multiply by a discount factor due to lack of liquidity/type of property.